Welcome...

to The Deaconess Community, an organization of theologically trained, professionally prepared women, called to ministry and service by congregations and synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Evanglical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).

Lutheran deaconesses have a heart for diakonia - for loving service to all in need, because of the love of Christ. A deaconess is a bridge connecting the Church with the needs of the world.

Compelled by the love of Christ and sustained by community, we devote our lives to proclaiming the Gospel through ministries of mercy and servant leadership.